ML40932671
Contributor
Evan Houston Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
National Mall
District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
While walking along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, I noticed a group of 3 high-flying, distant birds with very slow wing beats out of the corner of my eye, and luckily I had my 30x zoom camera in my pocket to take a couple of distant photos as they circled a couple of times. I believe the shape of the birds, including the trailing legs, is diagnostic in my photos. UPDATE: This is apparently the first documented record of Sandhill Crane for D.C., and also, according to Joe Hanfman: "DC was the only ABA area not to have had a Sandhill Crane (not counting the recently added Hawaii). Now all 49 continental states, all Canadian provinces, and St. Pierre & Miquelon have had the cranes."
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX710 HS
- ISO
- 250
- Focal length
- 135 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.9
- Shutter speed
- 1/160 sec
- Dimensions
- 821 pixels x 517 pixels
- Original file size
- 77.79 KB